After the Great Fire of April 23, 1879, the monumental task of rebuilding the Main Building accomplished enough in four months for the students to return in September. But it would not be complete in Father Sorin’s view until a majestic dome with a statue of Our Lady (Notre Dame) was erected. Go back to the beginning of the Golden Dome here. 

Prior to commencing the 12th gilding of the iconic Golden Dome, a team of workers meticulously erected scaffolding from the ground up, spanning a height of about 200 feet. The construction process took approximately six weeks to complete. The process was captured here. 

July 26 is National Disability Independence Day, commemorating the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act into law in 1990. Brent Fragnoli, a care and wellness consultant and prevention and outreach specialist in the Center for Student Support and Care, shares how Notre Dame works to provide a more accessible and welcoming environment for students with disabilities. 

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the University has expanded its academic, religious and cultural partnerships with the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv. In March, 12 Notre Dame MBA students and four UCU counterparts traveled to Wroclaw, Poland, to advise UCU on how to set up a cultural center for Ukrainian refugees there. 

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In a study published this month in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, Notre Dame researchers in collaboration with NeoGenomics Laboratories have shed new light on one key factor that can make ovarian cancer especially deadly: obesity.

The University’s new pedestrian path along St. Mary’s Road is now complete and open to use, enhancing safety for Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s students, faculty, staff, visitors and Holy Cross religious who walk or bike to and from both campuses.

A section of St. Joseph Drive north of the Radiation Laboratory will be closed for one week starting Monday, July 31, to allow for improvements to the water main in the general area of Library Quad.